Eric Menendenz blasts Ryan Murphy for 'horrible narrative' in ‘Monsters’ Eric Menendez criticises Netflix’s 'Monsters’ for 'vile and appalling character portrayals' Eric Menendez lambasted Ryan Murphy for "vile and appalling character portrayals" of him and his brother Lyle in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story . The Netflix’s true crime anthology series chronicles the case of real-life brothers, Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez. Eric expressed his discontent on social media by sharing a statement from his wife Tammi Menendez’s X, formerly Twitter, account.
"I believed we had moved beyond the lies and ruinous character portrayals of Lyle, creating a caricature of Lyle rooted in horrible and blatant lies rampant in the show," he began. weighing in, "I believe Ryan Murphy cannot be this naive and inaccurate about the facts of our lives so as to do this without bad intent." Eric expressed his disappointment about the way their story is being represented.
"It is sad for me to know that Netflix’s dishonest portrayal of the tragedies surrounding our crime has taken the painful truths several steps backward." Addressing the grounds of males being sexually abused, Eric continued, "So now Murphy shapes his horrible narrative through vile and appalling character portrayals of Lyle and of me and disheartening slander." The Menendez case and trial became a media sensation in .